Diocese of Shunqing


The Diocese of Shunqing, also known as Diocese of Nanchong, is a suffragan Latin Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Chongqing in southwestern China, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Established on August 2, 1929 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Shunking for the Mission of Sichuan, its episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in the Shunqing city center district of Nanchong, Sichuan province. No statistics available.
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Territory

The Diocese of Shunqing covers 34 cities and counties, including Bazhong, Guang'an, Nanchong, Suining, Ziyang, and Dazhou, totaling 25,000 square kilometers. It is bordered by the Diocese of Chengdu to the west, Diocese of Wanxian and Archdiocese of Chongqing to the east, Diocese of Hanzhong and Apostolic Prefecture of Xing'anfu to the north, and Diocese of Suifu to the south.

History

  • Established on August 2, 1929 as Apostolic Vicariate of Shunkingfu, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Chengtu
  • Promoted on April 11, 1946 and renamed after its see as Diocese of Shunking.

St. Andrew's Priory

Upon the creation of the Apostolic Vicariate of Shunking, Benedictine monks from St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges established the Priory of Saints Andrew and Peter at a site in the suburbs of Nanchong, known as Xishan, where a relic of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux was kept.
During the Second World War, the Benedictines served as auxiliary chaplains to the American soldiers stationed in this region. In 1942, it was felt that Chengdu, the capital city, would be a better place for a permanent priory. Therefore, in 1945, the Benedictines opened in that city the Institute of Chinese and Western Cultural Studies.
The priory was transferred to Chengdu and formally inaugurated on July 11, 1949. Nevertheless, it only stayed there for a brief time, until December 25, 1949, when the communist invasion reached the city. Eventually, the priory was re-established in Valyermo, California, known today as St. Andrew's Abbey.

Episcopal ordinaries

All Roman Rite and native bishops.
; Apostolic Vicar of Shunkingfu
; Suffragan Bishop of Shunking
  • Paul Wang Wencheng
; Suffragan Bishops of Shunqing
  • uncanonical:, without papal mandate
  • uncanonical:, without papal mandate; died 2004
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